So, Android 8.1 Oreo with Xiaomi’s official MIUI version 9.5 already available for the Chinese variants of Redmi Note 5 Pro. It is still not available in other countries. Specifically, if we talk about India, recently the developer builds of this ROM is leaked and publicly available for the Redmi Note 5 Pro users. So, now, anyone can install Android 8.1 Oreo-based MIUI 9.5 ROM on their Redmi Note 5 Pro.

The installation process is quite simple. Because you are not going to install any other custom ROM, it is officially made for the Redmi Note 5 Pro. So, let’s dive into the complete process.

#1. Submit Bootloader Unlock Request

To install the Android 8.1 Oreo ROM on your Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro device, the first thing, you have to do is Unlock the Bootloader. For that, you have to send the request to Xiaomi to unlock Bootloader of your device which takes around 3-4 days.

To begin the process head over to theXiaomi Bootloader Unlock Request site, where you have to sign in using your Mi account. Once you will sign in, you should get the screen like I have attached screenshot below.

Write your name, mobile number and write the actual reason in the last tab to submit the request to get the permission for Bootloader unlock. When Xiaomi will accept your request, it will send the text message to your mobile number. It will say, your permission is granted for the bootloader unlocking.

*Some Cases: There are some cases, where the user get an error after the 99% of progress and gets the message, “Current Account is not Bound to this Device.” If you are one of them, that means still, Xiaomi has not internally approved your request. You have to still wait for 4-5 days. Just check daily. It will work.

(5.) Then open a CMD window inside that folder. To do that, Shift + Right click on any empty white space inside the folder and then select Open command window here.

(6.) Connect your Android device to the PC in fastboot mode (power button + volume down key). Type the following into the command window to boot your device into bootloader/fastboot mode:

adb reboot bootloader

└ If your asks for permission to “Allow USB debugging”, tap OK.

(7.) Once your device boots into bootloader mode, type this into the command line.

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

└ Here modify downloaded TWRP .img file with the name of ‘recovery.img‘ file.

Once TWRP is successfully flashed on your device, type this final command to reboot your device.

fastboot reboot

#4. Download ROM for Redmi Note 5 Pro

Hope you have successfully done all the steps until now. It is time to get the right ROM for your Redmi Note 5 Pro. Navigate to the website, which I have attached below and download the ROM for your device and put that ROM on your device’s internal storage.

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